Characters / njala
Thord Freedmanson
Status: curated
Foster-father of Njal's sons; killed by Sigmund and Skiolld.
32Mentions
5Degree
0.0000Betweenness
0.00399PageRank
0.7008Closeness
0.500Clustering
3Community
39 / 42First / death ch.
Narrative prominence
32Mentions
8Chapters present
6Dialogue turns
8Events involved
Kin
No parent/child links recorded.
Aliases
Thord FreedmansonThord Freedman's son
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Relations and evidence
Kinship(1)
with Flosi Thord's son · weight 1 · ch. 94–94
“There was a man named Flosi, he was the son of Thord Freyspriest.”
Conversation(5)
with Hallgerda Hauskuld's daughter · weight 2 · ch. 39–42
“Thord met Hallgerda'a herdsman, and gave out the slaying as done by his hand, and said where he lay, and bade him tell Hallgerda of the slaying.”
“"Now ye will have a fair chance at him," he says, "but if this goes off, ye will never get nigh him".”
with Bergthora Skarphedinn's daughter · weight 1 · ch. 39–39
“After that he rode home to Bergthorsknoll, and told Bergthora of the slaying, and other people too.”
with Njal Thorgeir's son · weight 2 · ch. 41–41
“He rode off and told Njal, but Njal told Thord, and Kolskegg rode home, and Njal thanked them for their faithfulness.”
“Njal sent Thord Freedmanson away east under Eyjafell, and bade him be away there one night.”
with Bergthora Skarphedinn's daughter · weight 1 · ch. 41–41
“Two nights after, Thord came from the east, and Bergthora told him that he must ride to the Thing, "but first thou shalt ride up into Thorolfsfell and see about the farm there, and do not be there longer than one or two nights."”
with Sigmund Lambi's son · weight 1 · ch. 42–42
“Then Thord rode up to them a little while after, and Sigmund said to him--”